Civil Military Operations

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Civil - Military Operations Cooperation

• Chris Reynolds, CEM
• Major USAFR
• United States Special Operations Command
• Battalion Chief- Hillsborough County Fire Rescue

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2004 Hurricane SeasonIn Review.

• From August to October, Florida was hit with four
  hurricanes
• Charley
• Frances
• Ivan
• Jeanne
• Total wind losses was 17.5 billion,
  with 1.7 million
  insurance claims

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Cost
2004 hurricane season was the second most
expensive insurance event in U.S. history,
behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which
produced 32 billion in insured losses
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Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)

• Charlie Frances
• 26 states supplied personnel equipment
• Ivan Jeanne
• 14 states.
• 550 total personnel

EMAC, administered by the National Emergency
Management Association (NEMA), is a National
interstate mutual aid agreement that enables
states to share resources during disasters.
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Disaster Declaration

• Local state resources stretched to their
  maximum
• President Bush signed disaster declarations in
  each of the storms, triggering the Robert T.
  Stafford Act
• This was the linchpin for
  Federal disaster
  assistance, including
  military
  assistance.

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Existing StatutesStafford ActTitle 42 USC,
Section 5121

• President may find that a major disaster exists
  and authorize major disaster assistance
• Grants President authority to utilize DoD on an
  emergency basis for 10 days prior to a
  Presidential declaration of a major disaster or
  emergency to preserve life and property
• Represents a significant exception to the Posse
  Comitatus Acts underlying principle that the
  military is not a domestic police force auxiliary

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Homeland Security Act of 2002

• Signed into law on 22 November 2002
• Largest and most extensive reorganization of
  federal agencies since the National Security Act
  of 1947
• Organized into four divisions
• Border and transportation security
• Emergency preparedness and
  response
• Countermeasures for chemical,
  biological, radiological,
  and nuclear
  attacks
• New intelligence clearinghouse

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Homeland Security Presidential Directives

• HSPD-5 Management of Domestic Incidents
• HSPD-7 Critical Infrastructure Identification,
  Prioritization, and Protection
• HSPD-8 National Preparedness

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5

• The Secretary of Defense shall provide military
  support to civil authorities for domestic
  incidents as directed by the President
• The Sec Def retains command of military forces
  providing civil support
• The Secretary of Defense and the Homeland
  Security Secretary shall establish appropriate
  relationships and mechanisms for cooperation and
  coordination between their two departments
• Outlines the DHS Secretarys role as the
  principle federal official (PFO) for coordinating
  domestic incident management

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5

• Outlines the creation of a principle federal
  official (PFO) that will be deployed by the
  Secretary in terrorist events to coordinate
  between the senior law enforcement official, the
  special agent in charge for the FBI, and the FEMA
  federal coordinating officers
• Outlines the creation of a joint field office,
  which combines the disaster field office and the
  FBI joint operations center
• Stresses the importance of utilization of the
  National Interagency Incident Management System
  (NIIMS) under a Unified Command structure

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DoD Involvement

• DOD may establish a Joint Task Force (JTF) or
  Response Task Force (RTF) to consolidate and
  manage supporting operational military
  activities. 

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WHOS IN CHARGE?
FBI CRISIS MANAGEMENT
FEMA CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT
Special Agent In Charge (SAC)
Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO)
Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)
Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO)
MILITARY INVOLVEMENT
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The Domestic Response Challenge
DOD Military Capabilities
DHS Coordinate Federal Response
Severity of Emergency
Federal
Specialized Assets Regional Assets National Guard
Response
State
Mutual Aid HAZMAT Urban Search
Rescue Communications Public Information Public
Health Services
Fire /Rescue Law Enforcement Emergency
Management Emergency Medicine
Local
Time
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Homeland SecurityPrevent terrorist
attacks,reduce vulnerability to terrorism
minimize damage/recover from attacks
National Security Environment
Military Support to Civil Authorities
Natural disasters, Counterdrug ops, etc
Homeland Defense Deter, Defend, DefeatMilitary
ops against state actors
Emergency Preparedness Inherent DoD readiness
missions COOP, COG
Military Missions Overseas
Military Ops against non-state actors
National
Security
Circumstances for DoD Military Activity in the
U.S.

• Temporary Ops
• Special Events
• Trng 1st Responders
• Spt Law Enforcement

• Extraordinary Ops
• Combat Air Defense
• Specialize explosive ordnance disposal

• Routine Ops
• Maritime interdiction
• Air defense alert,
• Force protection

• Emergency Ops
• Disasters, terrorism
• Logistics, mobility,
• supply

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Militarys Evolving Role
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Military AssistanceExamples
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NORTHCOM

• Northern Command and First Army are the
  supporting DOD headquarters for the coordination
  and management of DOD assets requested for
  disaster relief operations
• NORTHCOMs Domestic Warning Center (DWC) secured
  long-range satellite-communications capabilities,
  emergency supplies and medical assistance for the
  areas hardest hit by the hurricanes
• Besides hurricanes, the DWC also coordinated wild
  land firefighting assignments for specially
  configured Air Force C-130s.

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U.S. Army

• First Army deployed a Defense Coordinating
  Officer (DCO) and staff of emergency preparedness
  liaison officers from the Army, Navy and Air
  Force to the state emergency operations center
  (SEOC) in Tallahassee.

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U.S. Army

• Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering
  Centers Terrain Analysis Branch assisted with
  imagery support of the Corps temporary roofing
  and repair missions.

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First Armys Crisis Action Team

• Mission is to help Northern Command coordinate
  DoD support to civil authorities as requested by
  FEMA
• Maintains 23 pre-designated colonels stationed
  throughout the eastern United States who are
  trained in disaster relief coordination and who
  are ready to assume the duties of a Defense
  Coordinating Officer (DCO).

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U.S. Navy

• Active duty Navy nurses from the Naval Medical
  Center Portsmouth, Va., deployed to assist in the
  stricken counties.
• Active duty Navy air traffic controllers
  responded to the Pensacola Regional Airport and
  restored critical air operations
  in a minimum of time.
  

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U.S. Air Force

• Air Force C-17s from Mc Chord Air Force Base,
  Washington delivered 200 pallets of relief
  supplies to the civilian airport in Lakeland,
  Fla., a FEMA designated location

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U.S. Coast Guard

• U.S Coast Guard advisers were located within the
  Florida Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
• Assisted in search-rescue and
  logistics planning
• Preserved the flow of commerce
  and the arrival of fuel
  into Florida
• Group St. Petersburg personnel
  conducted search rescue and
  
  law-enforcement duties in the
  stricken counties

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Guard Reserve

• 4,372 Guard members conducted missions in support
  of a massive relief effort by civilian agencies
• Florida National Guard Soldiers
  were utilized throughout the
  devastated
  area providing relief
  services to the
  stricken population

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Joint Civilian-Military Scenario

• 16 December
• 1300 hrs

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This Just In.
Special Forces in Iraq.

• Obtained intel from a HVT laptop computer
• Port of Tampa has been targeted by terrorist for
  a WMD attack
• FBIs Joint Terrorism Task Force is mobilized
• The President and Homeland Security Secretary are
  briefed
• Secretary of Homeland Security
  directs the United States
  Coast
  Guard to assist civilian
  authorities.

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Players

• U.S. Coast Guard Group St. Petersburg
• U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
• Tampa Police Department Tactical Response Team
• Tampa Fire Rescue Tactical Medical Response Team
• Tampa Fire Rescue Hazardous Materials Team

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